Repo! The Genetic Opera
Opera: That's for sissies, or rich people, or both, right? Well what could make that worth seeing for the rest of humanity? Blood? Check. Guts? Check. Drugs? Check. Self-Aware Horror-Comedy? Check. Now, that sir is an opera I would pay to see.
Just The Facts
- Murder+Drugs+Singing always leads to something great. (The editor is not responsible for any jail time due to taking this advice)
- This might just be the one time that Paris Hilton does something worth paying attention to.
- Zydrate is like futuristic crack and a glowstick combined.
The Largos
Amber Sweet: Heiress/Zydrate whore
Paris Hilton Amber Sweet is the heiress of Hitlton Hotels GeneCo. She's a rich, spoiled, daddies girl who's addicted to drugs, sex, and plastic surgery. But, luckily for her, GeneCo gives loans so that the people of the future can get as much surgery as they want for free to make themselves conformists perfect. Her name used to be Carmella Largo, but it wasn't pretty enough so she picked a new one.
Luigi Largo: The posterchild for anger management issues
Didn't prepare Luigi's coffee right? You get stabbed. Are in the same room as Luigi? You get stabbed. Breathing Luigi's air? You get stabbed. Basically, just him seeing you is reason enough for him to stab you. This guy should have a warning label tattoo'd on his forhead. But, then the third Largo might like Luigi's new face too much and decide to take it for himself.
Pavi Largo: The women love him, even though his face changes daily
Well, atleast he doesn't stab everyone. Only pretty girls. But it's not really stabbing. Just...cutting and peeling. It's a compliment to them, really. Wouldn't you be flattered if a man thought your face was just so beautiful that he wanted it for his own? No? Well then you're a stuck up bitch.
After he finds a new face he brings it back to GeneCo's nurses,the GenTerns (Aka, the only female sex appeal in the movie besides Paris) and they clip the skin onto his face.
Repo!
GeneCo gives out loans to people who can't afford surgery. Of course, like with any sort of loan, there are a few tiny risks. Such as, what happens if you can't afford to pay back your loan. Then they send in the RepoMan, who peacefully solves all the problems by ripping out your fucking organs. Yeah, you read that right. Can't pay back the money they loaned you for that heart surgery? Well then the RepoMan ties you down, stabs you in the chest, and rips GeneCo's property right back out of you. Which brings up the good question, what kind of sick fuck chooses being a RepoMan as their career?
There's something for the ladies to enjoy, too!
Graverobber.
Need I say more? Well, I will anyways. He takes a syringe and sucks the glowing blue chemicals out of corpses brains. Then sells it to Amber and all the other addicts. Yeah, the main drug of the future is glowing-dead-brain-snot.
Hey, though it's awesome to find a repo-fan, I have to say your article wasn't so much an article as a summary...there wasn't much commentary aside from judging singular characters. I mean, you could have gotten into things like how long before the movie repo had been going on, the creative process, how it started, the actors themselves being chosen, etc.
ReplyOverall from a scale of 1-10 with 10 being hte best, you get a 6...but it's okay, because as i see from the comments you got someone interested. :3
Does anyone out there notice the social commentary in "Repo!" besides myself and maybe two other people? It's making a point about (1) rampant capitalism screwing the average person over and (2) society's disgusting obsession with physical perfection and the horrid things people will do to their bodies in the name of beauty. Yes, there's a nice serving of blood and guts. No, the music is not everyone's cup of tea- I personally was pleasantly surprised, seeing as most musicals are absolute crap. But there's a lot more to it than the dysfunctional Largo kids and the Graverobber's looks.
ReplyI agree with sojewtastic. This is one of the worst films I've ever seen. And this article wasn't exactly top-notch, either.
Replythis film isn't everyone's cup of tea. i have to know a person before i recommend it to them. but gods is it genius in its own right. and oh, graverobber. you could press your zydrate gun against my anatomy anyday. (i feel so dirty having wrote that, but my statement stands.)
ReplyThe movie was terrible and self indulgent. None of the actors could sing, which is kind of the point of an OPERA. Neat article, though.
ReplyI love repo! and all that, but this article isn't good.
ReplyAwesome cult movie.
Terrible article.
I've never seen the flick and apparently neither have any of my friends because as far as I was concerned, 15 seconds into reading this article, I had to google it, which just made things more confusing because someone took the time to make a very realistic Zydrate fake website. woof. really liked the article which means now I have to check out the movie.
ReplyThat Zydrate website is pretty good...it confused me a bit when I first saw it too. I hope you'll like the movie.
You and I both know this was just an excuse to have Giles from Buffy sing some more. Nivek Ogre was pretty badass as Pavi, tho. Good job.
ReplyBest movie ever. Thanks for the comment on my article.